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19/2/2010

Two exhibitions

De Vleeshal, Middelburg

Bojan Sarcevic
Involuntary Twitch

From 21 February through to 5 April 2010 the Foundation for Visual Arts Middelburg (Stichting Beeldende Kunst Middelburg) will present Servian artist Bojan Sarcevic’s exhibition Involuntary Twitch at De Vleeshal, on the Markt.

Curator: Lorenzo Benedetti

Bojan Sarcevic’s new solo exhibition Involuntary Twitch, specifically designed for display in De Vleeshal, takes modernist codes as a basis for abstract narration. In a series of sculptures entitled Presence at Night, the artist contrasts various organic forms in which natural elements combine to create a structure based on fragility of form and tension between materials. On the walls is a series of works made of various metals including paintings. Entitled Stamina and the Muse, they are similar in form to gymnastic apparatus, suggesting functional equipment – a metaphor of strain that merges with the resilience of the art work. Sarcevic explores the the potential physical effort in conjunction with the perceptual aesthetic.

The exhibition creates a dialectic between a variety of objects, all of them marked – as so often in Sarcevic’s work – by extreme elegance and refinement of form. Unsteady elements full of subtle tensions are contrasted with solid, semi-functional structures. Sarcevic’s open-ended, ambiguous forms include references to functionalist architecture and constructivist sculptures. His study of materials in ever-changing combinations also helps us sense the physicality of the sculptures, their weight and gravity, as though they could be used to break free from the ground.

Bojan Sarcevic was born in Belgrade in 1974. In 1999-2000 he studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. He currently teaches at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. There have been major exhibitions of his work at such events as Manifesta 2 in Luxembourg (2002) and the Venice Biennale (2005). In 2001 he had a solo exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam.

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Collection 02: The collections of De Vleeshal and Muhka

Preceding Sarcevic’s presentation at De Vleeshal, the exhibition Collection 02: The collections of De Vleeshal and Muhka will open at De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal, at 16.00 on Saturday 20 February at Zusterstraat 7.

From the collection of De Vleeshal: works from Maartje Korstanje (Netherlands, 1982), Untitled, 2006; Nina Beier & Marie Lund (Denmark, 1976, 1975), (The Archives) World Peace, 2008; Joëlle Tuerlinckx (Belgium, 1958), Aux dimensions de: Quelque chose, 1996.

From the collection of Muhka: works from Martin Kippenberger (Germany, 1953 – 1997), Neighbourhood’s Nap (Tauber haben noch keinen Krieg verhindert), 1990; Wilhelm Sasnal (Poland, 1972), My Father’s Room, 2002; Vahram Aghasyan (Armenia, 1974), Ruins of our time, 2007; Jimmie Durham (USA, 1940), Untitled (A Dead Deer), 1986.

Middelburg art connoisseur and gallery owner Joost Bakker will give a talk on Sunday 7 March at 16.00, at De Kabinetten van De Vleeshal. Bakker will speak about Marlow Moss (1889-1958), in a talk entitled The Female Mondrian and the Zeeland Connection. On 28 March Bart de Baere will give a talk at De Vleeshal.

The talks are free and will be given in Dutch. No reservations are required.

Image: Bojan Sarcevic, Presence at night, 2009

Opening Saturday 20 February at 16.00

De Vleeshal
Markt, Middelburg NL | De Kabinetten van de Vleeshal, Zusterstraat 7, 4331 KG Middelburg NL
Tuesday to Sunday, 1 pm - 5 pm
Admission free

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